Russia’s opportunity is to take advantage of the differences

... that they can’t, can they? What occurred in Egypt and Tunisia was very quick. Even the moderate Islamists didn’t need the radicals to come to power: they do not want to be dependent on them either. Now, with the situation that we have in Syria it is very likely that the radicals are going to play an important role there. The question now is whether they overplay their hand – radicals usually do. The longer the conflict lasts, though, the stronger the radicals usually become. I do not think that the international ...